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Ann Stampfl vividly recalls the last time she spoke to her mom, Barbara. It was in June 2007. Ann had just called her mom in Salmon Arm to chat. "I knew right away something was wrong," Ann said. Her normally upbeat mom was having trouble speaking.

Brent Richter/Staff Writer Members of the Ocean Beach Esplanade stewardship advisory committee (OBESAC) said the risk of landslides around the Esplanade and the areas nearby is too great to ignore, and a short-term solution must be found.

The sweet sounds of government money have come to the Sunshine Coast in the form of an Arts Presentation Canada grant.

A Sechelt man is dead after he was hit by a dump truck in Sechelt Tuesday morning. According to Sunshine Coast RCMP, James Edward Wilson, 74, was struck by the truck just after 9:40 a.m. when he was trying to cross Wharf Road at Highway 101.

Most Thursday afternoons at Christenson Village, seniors enjoy a cup of tea and conversation while they wait to receive a manicure from one of the TLC Salon teens.

Two years ago Daniel Bolshoy performed a guitar concert, as part of the Pender Harbour Music Society's concert series. That concert is still recalled on the Sunshine Coast with enthusiasm.

The Town of Gibsons and Neptune Technologies Group Ltd. are set to begin installing cross connection control (CCC) and water meters in Gibsons on Monday, Feb. 16.

Matthew Wild/Special to Coast Reporter Vancouver Supreme Court has determined that although the Town of Gibsons breached the law in its handling of the November 2008 election count, it was an error made in good faith that "did not materially affect t

Incumbent member of the legislative assembly (MLA) Nicholas Simons will try to regain his seat in Victoria for the New Democrats in the May 12 provincial election.

A Roberts Creek woman is dead after a head-on, two-car collision on Highway 101 Monday afternoon. According to Sunshine Coast RCMP, Ruth Gregory, 79, was driving north on the highway near Conrad Road around 1 p.m.